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Huhu beetle Prionoplus reticularis larvae. Image: Phil Bendle Collection, CitSciHub.nz
- Pūtoi
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Whānau
- Family
- Cerambycidae
Te Rahi
- E 70 mm pea te roa.
Size range
- Up to about 70 mm long
Te Tītaringa
- A New Zealand native
Distribution
- A New Zealand native
Te Huringa Ora
- Larvae feed in dead rotting wood
- Pupate in a cavity excavated in wood
- Adult does not eat and lives about 2 weeks only
Life history
- Larvae feed in dead rotting wood
- Pupate in a cavity excavated in wood
- Adult does not eat and lives about 2 weeks only
![Huhu beetle [Prionoplus reticularis]. Image: Image: Phil Bendle Collection, CitSciHub.nz Image](/assets/Tools-And-Resources/Identification/What-is-this-bug/Huhu_beetle_Prionoplus-reticularis_Bendle__ScaleWidthWzEwMjRd.jpg)
![Huhu beetle [Prionoplus reticularis] larvae. Image: Phil Bendle Collection, CitSciHub.nz Image](/assets/Tools-And-Resources/Identification/What-is-this-bug/Huhu_beetle_Prionoplus-reticularis_larvae_Bendle__ScaleWidthWzEwMjRd.jpg)
![Huhu beetle [Prionoplus reticularis] pupa. Image: Phil Bendle Collection, CitSciHub.nz Image](/assets/Tools-And-Resources/Identification/What-is-this-bug/Huhu_beetle_Prionoplus-reticularis_pupa_Bendle__ScaleWidthWzEwMjRd.jpg)
